Quran 31:17 — Luqman, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Keep up the prayer, my son; command what is right; forbid what is wrong; bear anything that happens to you steadfastly: these are things to be aspired to.
يَا بُنَيَّ أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا أَصَابَكَ ۖ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ
yābunayya aqimi l-ṣalata wamur bil-maʿrūfi wa-in'ha ʿani l-munkari wa-iṣ'bir ʿalā mā aṣābaka inna dhālika min ʿazmi l-umūri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O my son, perform the prayer, and bid unto honour, and forbid dishonour. And bear patiently whatever may befall thee; surely that is true constancy.
- Muhammad Asad
- “O my dear son! Be constant in prayer, and enjoin the doing of what is right and forbid the doing of what is wrong, and bear in patience whatever [ill] may befall thee: this, behold, is something to set one’s heart upon!
- Sahih International
- O my son, establish prayer, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] resolve.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayya | O my son | بني |
| 2 | أَقِمِaqimi | Establish | قوم |
| 3 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalata | the prayer | صلو |
| 4 | وَأْمُرْwamur | and enjoin | أمر |
| 5 | بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfi | [with] the right | عرف |
| 6 | وَٱنْهَwa-in'ha | and forbid | نهي |
| 7 | عَنِʿani | from | — |
| 8 | ٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkari | the wrong | نكر |
| 9 | وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'bir | and be patient | صبر |
| 10 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 11 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 12 | أَصَابَكَ ۖaṣābaka | befalls you | صوب |
| 13 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 14 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 15 | مِنْmin | (is) of | — |
| 16 | عَزْمِʿazmi | the matters requiring determination | عزم |
| 17 | ٱلْأُمُورِl-umūri | the matters requiring determination | أمر |